Oklahama City, Okla.
Rev. Mary B.G. Eddy, Concord, N.H.,
My dear Leader.—I will try to tell you how I was led to Christian Science. Heretofore I have not tried to live a Christian life, but have always firmly belived that if one truly desired and needed help, he would get it from God by asking for it. I suffered, as I think but very few have, for fourteen years, yet I did not think it sufficient to warrant me in asking God to help me until I gave up all hope elsewhere, and this occurred in the spring of 1891. I thought the time had come to commit myself to God. Being at home alone, after going to bed, I prayed God to deliver me from my torments, this sentence being the substance of my prayer, "What shall I do to be saved?"
